Ensing, Riemke (1939–)
Ensing, Riemke (1939–)
New Zealand poet. Born 1939 in Groningen, Netherlands.
Moved with family to New Zealand (1951) and trained as teacher at Ardmore College; was senior tutor in English at Auckland University; writings include Making Inroads (1980), Topographies (1984), Spells from Chagall (1987), Like I Have Seen the Dark Green Climbing (1995), Finding the Ancestors (1999) and Talking Pictures (2000); edited the 1st anthology of New Zealand women poets, Private Gardens (1977), among other anthologies; was also published in literary magazines.
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